2XS Review
Feb. 12th, 2026 08:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alobearFor our latest media review podcast episode, I picked 2XS by Nigel Findley, the fourth book in the Shadowrun series from back in the early 90s (though I've since discovered there are now 80 books and the most recent one was published in 2024!).
I remember reading these in my early teens - and, while I can't say this is objectively a five-star book, it was absolutely a five-star reading experience, purely because of the nostalgia vibes!
I totally immersed myself in this world back in the day (I definitely wrote fanfiction for it) and it was awesome to dive back in, despite a lot of eye-rolling at the descriptions and ultimate fates of a lot of the female characters...
I'm sorely tempted to source more of these for whenever I need a mindless and thoroughly enjoyable break in the very violent but still weirdly comforting tech/magic mashup world of the 2050s.
I remember reading these in my early teens - and, while I can't say this is objectively a five-star book, it was absolutely a five-star reading experience, purely because of the nostalgia vibes!
I totally immersed myself in this world back in the day (I definitely wrote fanfiction for it) and it was awesome to dive back in, despite a lot of eye-rolling at the descriptions and ultimate fates of a lot of the female characters...
I'm sorely tempted to source more of these for whenever I need a mindless and thoroughly enjoyable break in the very violent but still weirdly comforting tech/magic mashup world of the 2050s.
